Version 2.0 of Web Sim Hockey is out!
March 22, 2013 - After over a year of blood, sweat, and tears—and fans going wild with anticipation, Web Sim Hockey 2.0 is finally online! It’s now up to you to enjoy!
Enter into the new era of online hockey games thanks to the perfect mix between managing your teams and taking part in our buzzing online community.
What’s new with Web Sim Hockey 2.0?
- Pictures of real players thanks to our licensing agreement with the NHLPA
- Completely revamped interface
- Additional people, who make up the GM’s entourage (team owner, assistant-coach, doctor, etc.), give you important information and your objectives
- News feed to help you better manage all of your leagues
- New multi-league chat system
-Badges you can earn thanks to your accomplishments
-Inter-league GM rankings
-GM Hockey and Finance attributes to better evaluate your skills
-GM status to monitor your involvement with your team(s): Experience, Reputation, Social, and Participation
-New multi-league messaging system
-And much (much!) more!
Become an interim GM—for FREE!
Do you want to test drive the new version?
All you have to do is apply for a position of interim GM. Then, you can manage this team for FREE until the end of the current season.
If you enjoy the Web Sim experience, you can then renew your subscription to the league or leave it without any hassles.
Launch Promotion
Do you want to join a new league or renew your subscription? It’s now or never! Take advantage of our limited-time offer. Register or renew today for only $9.95! -- Available here: websimhockey.com
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Web Sim Hockey is simulating the NHL's 2012-2013 season
QUEBEC, Oct. 12, 2012 - Due to the NHL's lockout, the 2012-2013 hockey season is definitely taking a hit. Hockey fans worldwide are, unfortunately, penalized by the entire situation.
Web Sim Hockey, the popular online hockey simulation game that enables users to put themselves in the shoes of the GM of a professional hockey team, will satisfy hockey fans' thirst for everything that is ice, goals, and stats. We're going to simulate the 2012-2013 season as though it was still on!
Every day at 8:00 pm ET, games will be simulated according to the schedule that had been originally set up by the NHL. The page www.websimhockey.com/lockout will let you view all virtual matches, standings, and statistics for all league players.
This data is public and available to the media. It is a new source of information for sports journalists that are looking for hockey news during the lockout.
If you have any questions, interview requests, or require further information contact:
Éric Bergeron
VP Communications and Marketing
Web Sim Sports INC
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WebSimHockey: Officially Licensed by NHLPA
Quebec City, Canada - July 24th, 2012
WebSimHockey is totally psyched! Web Sim Hockey is now an officially licensed product of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). How awesome is that?
What does this mean? Web Sim Hockey is the only online simulated hockey game in the world (you read correctly—the world!) available under the NHLPA license.
What does this mean for our fan base and GMs? Under the agreement, we will be able to use the images of all NHL players as well as other images from the NHL to beef up our game’s visuals even more!
Being licensed with the NHLPA is proof of our short, mid- and long-term commitment to developing the highest quality simulated hockey game available on the market.
Stay tuned this fall! Web Sim Hockey 2.0, with an entirely revamped look and new features, is on its way!
From WebSimHockey team.
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Web Sim Hockey partners with Laurentian University's Sports Administration Program
Quebec City, Jan. 25, 2012 - The company Web Sim Sports INC., specialized in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey. (www.websimhockey.com)
Web Sim Hockey is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web.
The goal of the game is to manage a professional hockey team in every aspects : finances, drafts, trades, lineups, on-ice strategies, etc.
Web Sim Hockey is on the rise since its launch with more than 7500 teams being managed every day in over 315 virtual leagues.
The site generates no less than 275,000 monthly visits and 4.25 million page views.
Partnership with Laurentian University in Ontario
As part of the Sports Administration program, offered by Laurentian University (www.spad.ca) in Ontario, Web Sim Hockey is being used for educational purposes to provide a realistic management experience for the students.
« We are very impressed with the extent of the simulation and believe it is a very valuable tool for our course - The Business of Hockey. » said Dr. Ann Pegoraro, director of the School of Sports Administration in the Faculty of Management.
With the help of Dr Pegoraro, the experience will then be exported to other universities in North America so that other students can experience this simulation as a real-life learning tool.
For further information:
Eric Bergeron, Vice-president
418-915-4978
418-559-0597
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Updated Features for WebSimHockey
June 27, 2011 - Updated Features from WebSimHockey.com
(As per WebSimHockey.com - Press Release)
Many new features
Since last fall, many new features were added to our site:
- Improved user interface
- Player types
- Trophies (individual and team)
- New “card” mode for to make it easy to view attributes
- New lineup page
- New strategy/practice module
- Multiple minor upgrades
These changes were requested by our community and have had a positive impact on our game as a whole. The continuous development of our simulator is one of our strengths and we are dedicated to this constant improvement. We know that we can count on you to suggest new ideas, as proven by the extensive list of suggestions you have already provided.
More new features to come!
In order to offer you a 2.0 version of Web Sim Hockey, the most wanted development according to our community members, we need to prepare the infrastructure of our site to make it ready for the latest technologies in web applications.
We have already started this process, and although it is a work in progress, we are able to confirm major additions in the coming year, including:
#1 - Community/GM Ranking Module
This module will allow GMs to manage all their teams using a central dashboard. You will have access to all the important team information in one place, with links redirecting you to wherever action needs to be taken.
A global messaging system and alerts will also be available for simplified management of your teams.
Obviously, the community aspects will be greatly enhanced with the ability to add friends, post comments on their pages, track the progress of their team, and much more.
Above all, this module will keep track of your activity. Primarily, you will see your achievements (trophies, various achievements, etc.), but also your weaker moments (expulsion of a league, voluntary replacements, etc.) Other community members will then be able to assess the quality of your work.
And finally, there will be global standings using GM ranking points that you accumulate throughout your seasons. Will you be the best Web Sim Hockey GM?
#2 - Tournament Module
This module will allow potential members to try Web Sim Hockey with a simplified, free version.
What is most interesting for you is that you will be able to play any of your teams in a global tournament. These tournaments will take place during the course of the regular season. Challenge the other GMs and beat the champions to become the ultimate Web Sim Hockey champion!
There will be tournaments of all kinds with different entry criteria: entry cost, minimum/maximum strength of a team, minimum GM ranking points, etc. Private, fully-customizable tournaments will also be available. The possibilities are endless!
#3 - Other new features
Big modules are fun, but taking care of the little details makes the difference. As has always been the case, since we are online, we will continue to improve the site by regularly implementing small but important updates.
250 leagues, 6,000 teams!
We are thrilled that 95% of our leagues and users are based in Quebec, Canada. It is now time for our English friends to discover our game and spread the word. Imagine where we will be when our Quebec members’ excitement reaches the other provinces and countries!
We are very aware and appreciative of the faith you place in us and we will continue to earn that faith by giving you the best we have to offer so that you can continue to enjoy the best online simulated hockey game on the market.
WebSimHockey Interview with Éric Bergeron
Interview with Éric Bergeron of WebSimHockey.com
Vice-president
Research & Development
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GMGames.org Profile - WebSimHockey.com
"Web Sim Hockey is an online simulated hockey game made for NHL hockey fans, powered by a custom-built simulator system; providing an environment for the armchair GMs out there."
(GMGames) - So how exactly does your game work? Is it similar to game simulation engines like Eastside Hockey Manager?
(Éric Bergeron) - Yes, we developed the engine from scratch and tweaked it for a few years before we went officially online. Each game includes about 3,000 plays.
(GMGames) - Is there a precise simulation that takes place that users can analyze the realism of your game?
(Éric Bergeron) - You get full boxscores and results but currently there is no play by play description of the game. It is to be added in the future. We feature a full array of statistics. Turnovers, blocked shots, faceoff %, body checks, pretty much any stat you could think of.
(GMGames) - Our understanding is that there are 24 team leagues and the league uses NHL players with a few options (1990, 1993, as well?)
(GMGames) - Are there any issues with the talent pool being too highly skilled? EHM has a problem where setting your own player set resulted in too many skilled players?
(Éric Bergeron) - How it works is there are 2 types of player evolution. Real evolution and Virtual Evolution.
Real Evolution: players attributes are updated once a year only, after each season, using the past 2 seasons statistics only (like 25% and 75% for the past season lets say) - that means that you can play only ONE websim season per NHL season like if you would start a league today in Real evolution, you would use the statistics of season 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 to create the attributes.
(Éric Bergeron) - Not yet. We plan to review that and will be implementing a global GM ranking system.
(GMGames) - There is a financial aspect to your franchise. Can you explain that in more detail?
(Éric Bergeron) - This is where you set ticket prices, food prices, beer, parking, etc. You have to invest up to 15 million in various areas. From conditioning, medical facilities (for injury recovery), player development (to evolve faster in virtual mode), marketing, sponsors, television network where you can make revenue.
Depending on your market you can get in trouble especially with different financial settings at league creation. You will be limited in investments.
(GMGames) - What is the story behind yourself, and anything else involved in WebSimHockey, how did you get to this point?
(Éric Bergeron) - We are based out of Quebec City and there are over 5,000 teams managed by Quebecois and over 200 leagues to date. English continues to be a great area for growth.
Overall there are 4 of us. I specialize in site design, PR, tech support and bring a great service offering. Initially 2 brothers started it all and needed the proper interface and marketing to grow.
(GMGames) - Thank you Eric for your time. We look forward to testing your product and will provide our users a review of the functionality, price point and fun factor.
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